Display rack



Oct. 31, 1933. s. A. Moos 1,932,634

DISPLAY RACK Filed Sept. 10, 1952 47 Tap/V V Patented Oct. 31, 1933DISPLAY RACK Shulman A. Moog, St. Louis, Mo., assigner to St. LouisSpring Company, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri ApplicationSeptember 10, 1932 Serial No. 632,591

3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to display racks and has moreparticular reference to a rack especially adapted for the display of barmaterial, such as, for instance, automotive spring-leaves and the like.

My invention has for its prime object the provision of a sturdy,durable, and readily manufactured skeleton or open rack for the enicientstorage and display in tiers or superposed l0 rows of assembledleaf-springs, spring-leaves,

and other bar articles, the rack including article-intervening membersspaced the one from the other for maintaining the articles in theseveral tiers or rows in orderly7 stacis or columns ior convenientindividual accessibility.

And with the above and other objects in view, my invention resides inthe novel features oi form, construction, arrangement, and combinationoi parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

En the accompanying drawing,-

Figure 1 is a iront elevational view of a display-rack embodying myinvention;

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of rack; A

Figure 3 is a plan View oi the rack; and

Figure a is a detail sectional View of the racl: taken approximately onthe line 4 4, Figure 1.

Referring now more in detail and by refer- G ence characters to thedrawing, which illustrates a preferred'embodiment of my inventic l, theracl includes a base portion A, which, it may be said, has the formgenerally ci a trestle, and which comprises a pair of suitably spacedend# frames B, each, in turn, constructed or" some# what upwardlyconverging legs l rigidly tied together at their upper end by ahorizontal cross-piece or beam 2; The legs l are preferably ofstructural angle-iron and are intermedia-tely braced and further tiedtogether by crossed diagonal bars 3 suitably at their respective endsbolted or otherwise secured to the legs 1, as best seen in Figure 2.

At their upper end, the frames B are rigidly tied together in thedesired spaced parallel relation by longitudinal structural s 4ipreierably of suitable angular section, the beams e being bolted orotherwise secured to the registering legs 1 of the perspective frame B,as best seen in Figure 1.

Bolted or otherwise secured at their opposite ends to the respectivepairs of registering legs 1 of, and further tying together, the framesB, are longitudinal beams 5 preferably also of an'- 5 gular section, thebeams 5 attached to the one the (C1. 2li- 182) or front pair ci the legs1 being suitably spaced vertically one from the other and from the topbeam or rail 4 and being in horizontal registration with the like beam 5attached to the other r rear pair of the frame legs l. The beams 5 60thus provide supports oi great strength and rigi idity for convenientlyand accessibiy holding' and displaying relatively heavy bar articles,such, for instance, as assembled leaf-springs C, or the like, as shown.65

And laterally flanged at their respective lower ends, as at 6, to restupon and at said flanges bolted or otherwise attachedto the respectivefront and rear upper beams ll, are upstanding end and intermediate postsor standards '7, 8, respectively, the posts 7, 8, upstanding from theone or front beam e being suitably connected or tied together inparallel relation by a series of horizontal aligning top longitudinalmembers 9 and by series of lower or intermediate 75 longitudinal or tiermembers 10 disposed in suitably vertically spaced relation one from theother and from the beams 4 and. top members 9, the tieremembers 10 ofeach series being alsoY in horizontal alignment or registration.Similarly, posts '7, 8, upstand from the other or rear beam i and inlike manner are tied together by a series of top longitudinal members 9and by series of intermediate longitudinal tier mem- ,f bers 10, themembers 9 and lil in the iront and 8b rear of the rack being inrespective horizontal registration, and the front and rear upstandingposts 7, 8, being rigidly adjacent their upper end tied together by aseries of suitably longitudinallyspaced straps 11. Preferably, as bestseen in Figure 1, the straps l1 may be concurrently with the toplongitudinal members 9 and by the same fastening members bolted orotherwise connected in bracing relation to the end and intermediateupstanding posts 7, 8. ga

The longitudinal members 9 and 1f) are provided withy series or" spacedapertures respectively disposed in` vertical registration, and eachhorizontally registering pair or tier-mem'- bers 10 is adapted forsupporting a plurality of bar-articles, such as springdeaves D spanningbetween the pair of supporting members 10, as indicated in dot-dashlines in Figure l.

And for segregating or separating the displayed articles D on thetier-members l0, a requisite number of vertical rcdsxlz is insertedpreferably downwardly through the respective series or" said verticallyregistering apertures for intersecting the series of superposed members9, 10, each pair of adjacent rods 12 providing Cil between therespective pairs of superposed tiermembers 10 an article-receptiveapproximately rectangular frame-opening 13, in and through which thearticles D may be endwise inserted for residing on the lower tier-memberof the pair, the frame-openings 13 in the front of the rack beinghorizontally aligned with similarly formed frame-openings in the rear ofthe rack, as will be understood.

Most of the rods 12 are provided at their respective upper end with ahead 14 for engaging the upper face of the particular top member 9 forsuspending such rods 12 removably therefrom, and a suitableretainer-plate 15 is mounted over the series of rod-heads 14 residing onthe particular member 9 for preventing dislodgernent oi said rods. Someof the rods 12, however, are threaded at their upper end, as at f, andprovided with a jam-nut 16 normally underlying said frame top member.Such threaded rods extend upwardly through the respective plates 15, andsuch respectiveiretainerplates 15 are, in turn, preferably detachablyengaged with the speciiic frame-members by means of suitable fasteningnuts 17 threaded on such projecting rods, as shown. Of course, it willbe understood that such threaded rods 12 are equipped with the nuts 17and the upper members 9 suitably fitted'thereover in the assembling ofthe rack.

The spacing between the rods 12 may be readily changed by varying thespacing of their accommodating apertures provided in the severallongitudinal members of the rack, or by omitting one or more of the rods12, for reception of bar articles or the like of various widths in theso formed frame-openings, and it will be evident that said articles may,most conveniently for increasing the storage capacity of the rack, bestacked or piled one upon another in the frame-openings 13, the rods 12then most erfectively providing a lateral support for the stack ofarticles D, as illustrated in Figure 1.

The several members of the rack are constructed of metal or otherpreferably unbreakable material, and I thus provide a most convenient,economical, sturdy, durable, and highly useful rack for compactlydisplaying relatively awkward and bulky bar-articles, such as automotivespring-leaves, assembled leaf-springs, and the like, the rack beingreadily built up to any desired height and capacity and being alsoreadily collapsed or disassembled to so-called knocked-down conditionfor convenient'` handling and shipping. The displayed articles arereadily visible from all sides thereof and may with ease, facility, andconvenience be removed from or replaced in the rack one by one withoutinterfering with or disturbing the other articles in the rack.

It will be understood that minor changes and modiiications in the form,construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of therack may be made and substituted for those herein shown and describedwithout departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is,-

1. In a display rack, a pair of end-frames upstanding in spaced parallelregistering relation, each frame comprising a pair or upwardlyconverging front and rear egs of structural shape, cross-beams iixed toand tying the legs of respective pairs together, said cross-beams havinga length greater than the space between the respective legs andoverhanging the legs at their upper end, longitudinal beams xed at theirrespective ends to the projecting leg-overhanging ends of thecross-beams, and a rectangular skeleton structure built upon saidframes, said structure including series of front and rear posts boltedto and in spaced registering pairs upstanding from the longitudinalbeams, cross-straps xed to and connecting respective pairs of front andrear posts, series of vertically spaced iront and rear horizontallyregistering longitudinal straps fixed to the respective posts for bothtying the same together and providing supporting-seats forarticle-display, and series of spaced rods vertically intersecting andengaging the longitudinal straps for separating the displayed seatedmerchandise.

2. In a display rack, a pair of end-frames upstanding in spaced parallelregistering relation, each frame comprising a pair of upwardlyconverging front and rear legs of structural shape, cross-beams fixed toand tying the legs of respective pairs together, said cross-beams havinga length greater than the space between the respective legs andoverhanging the legs at their upper end, longitudinal beams fixed attheir respective ends to the projecting leg-overhanging ends of thecross-beams, .and a rectangular skeleton structure built upon saidframes, said structure including series of front and rear posts boltedto and in spaced registering pairs upstanding from the longitudinalbeams, series of vertically spaced front and rear horizontallyregistering longitudinal straps having flangedends abutting and iixed tothe respective posts for both longitudinally tying the same together andproviding supporting-seats for article-display, and cross-straps fixedintermediate the hanged ends of the upper longitudinal straps and theposts for tying the respective posts together in transverse relation.

3. In a display rack, a pair of end-frames upstanding in spaced parallelregistering relation,

yeach frame comprising a pair of upwardly converging front and rear legsof structural shape, series of front and rear vertically spacedhorizontally registering longitudinal beams fixed to and Within thelength of the frontV and rear legs of said frames for both tying thelegs together and providing supporting-seats for article-display,cross-beams vfixed to and tying the legs of respective pairs together,said cross-beams having a length greater than the space between therespective legs and cverhanging the legs at their upper end, upperlongitudinal beams xed at their respective ends to the projectingleg-overhanging ends of the cross-beams, and a rectangular skeletonstructurebuilt upon said frames, said structure including series offront and rear flanged posts bolted to and in spaced registering pairsupstanding from the Lipper longitudinal beams, series of verticallyspaced front and rear horizontally registering longitudinal strapshaving hanged-ends abutting and xed to the respective posts for bothlongitudinally tying the same together and providing additionalsupporting-seats for article-display, and cross-straps nxed intermediatethe anged ends of the upper longitudinal straps and the posts for tyingthe respective posts together in transverse relation.

SHULMAN A. MOOG.

